Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, also known as Timoleon Jimenez or Timochenko, meet Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende for a conversation about how they achieved peace after 52 years of armed conflict in Colombia, at Litteraturhuset in Oslo, Norway June 15, 2017. NTB Scanpix/Hakon Mosvold Larsen via REUTERS
OSLO (Reuters) - The leader of Colombia's Marxist FARC rebel group told Reuters on Thursday that all the group's weapons will be handed over to the United Nations by June 20 as planned, part of a peace deal signed with the government to end more than 52 years of war.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) need to give up the last 40 percent of their arms, as agreed last year with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos. Nearly 60 percent of their arms were handed over by Tuesday..
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